In my view, this present student uprising differs fundamentally from previous ones for four reasons:
.- As Eli emphasizes, the previous movements were opposing the establishment while they presently get supported by the establishment, professors, university authorities etc.
- A second major diffference with previous uprisings is that in my knowledge, the previous student organizations were not funded, while the present ones definitely are. The Muslim Brothers are behind these wokist useful idiots, and they are richly funded.
-They get technical support from outside the campus. A journalist from the Free Press has infiltrated the encampments and has discovered various manuals for revolutionary action provided by Muslim organizations;
- Most of the previous activists- students were at the University for just a couple of years and then blended into society. It was just a parenthesis in their lives whereas Islamists are here to stay, and they are not in ahurry, they have very long term plans, and they know how to adjust intelligently to changes of circumstances. This is why the situation is so frightening . It is not just one more of these cyclical students upheavals
Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Creepily nostalgic almost?? And then Eli hits us with that end in which we find out all the terrorists became part of polite society, and now rub shoulders with all the people in the highest institutions of power that rule over our daily lives. Fantastic. Sigh.
We can see where this is going. The radicals couldn't overthrow the US—and the west—by force, so they take over the educational institutions. This long path is much slower, but much surer to complete the dismantling of Western Civilization; a decent into dark ages.
History is important and so this was just great . There wasn't as much tie into today's university's but there is see Rufo book : America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything , he shows where these people landed in mostly university jobs and there followers in the university . Then this isn't a what if , it's a what is .
I already knew a fair bit about the weather underground it is a funny reminder of how out of touch the elitist revolutionaries were back then and still are today.
The part where it was mentioned they went into blue collar towns shouting about how the communists would win… Talk about clueless!! Blue collar guys were the ones that couldn’t dodge the draft in Vietnam by going to college. They claim to be on the side of the workers by shouting at the workers that their sacrifice in Vietnam will be for nothing. How exceptionally tone deaf and clueless.
You really "nailed'em" with tough, tenacious journalism. You should try to get to the bottom of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire... now THAT is a relevant story. Anything to keep attention away from what is happening near a major presidential election...
I smell Pulitzer, Bari! Maybe even an Academy Award! Or Nobel Prize! Wouldn't that be amazing.
Keep going Free Press! Keep the gaslights burning...
Thank you for investigating, connecting the dots, and comparing/contrasting the 60/70's to now. Having lived through both, you did a great job.
I was intrigued by the justice dept.'s decision to not prosecute the Weather Underground because the illegal, unwarranted wiretapping made the evidence not admissible and would have exposed behavior that would erode trust.
I was surprised that you didn't connect the dots of the unwinding of the Weather Underground movement (and non-violent protest) with the resignation of President Nixon in 1974 over (ironically) the attempted bugging of the DNC headquarters in the Watergate building (which probably would have also opened a wider investigation into unwarranted wiretapping elsewhere if Nixon hadn't resigned to avoid prosecution).
Back to your comparison/contrast between the non-violent protestors of the 1960-70's and today.
Today's students who relate what they are doing to the 60-70's are mimicking without understanding the dynamics. As you say, they are protesting to justify war by Hamas, not because they personally feel threatened. In fact their actions are threatening other students -Jews and "Zionists". And, as you say the "establishment" media, university administration, and corporations today are collaborators with student protestors, not pushing back or even punishing the students whose threats become violence.
In contrast, in the spring of 1969, students were protesting for peace, not war, and universally felt threatened because Nixon escalated the war and expanded the draft. To quell the protests, the "establishment" brought in the National Guard and students were killed. https://www.kentguardvoices1970.com/the-shootings.html
From my personal observation point in Pittsburgh, the home town of one of the Kent State shooting victims, and a freshman at a HS near the Universities, the threat of going to war and the Kent State shootings triggered an increase in student non-violent protests. The violent Weather Underground exploited these protests, unlike the paid protestors today who are influencing the protestors on-line and in real life.
I observed that it was Kent State shootings and, more importantly, the resignation of President Nixon, (not the Weather Underground) that changed the hearts and minds of even conservative parents.
Incidentally, culture reflected these developments. If you listen to the music of the Beatles, pre-1968 (when the White Album was released) vs after, the "rock" becomes a lot "harder". The film "Across the Universe" is one way to experience this evolution and connection to student protests and how they became exploited by the Weather Underground.
And just as quickly, after Nixon resigned, and everyone wanted to forget, feel-good popular music emerged with Saturday Night Fever (1977). Maybe that's what the Harris/Walz "Joy" campaign is trying to re-enact or mimick - again, without understanding all the dynamics.
In my view, this present student uprising differs fundamentally from previous ones for four reasons:
.- As Eli emphasizes, the previous movements were opposing the establishment while they presently get supported by the establishment, professors, university authorities etc.
- A second major diffference with previous uprisings is that in my knowledge, the previous student organizations were not funded, while the present ones definitely are. The Muslim Brothers are behind these wokist useful idiots, and they are richly funded.
-They get technical support from outside the campus. A journalist from the Free Press has infiltrated the encampments and has discovered various manuals for revolutionary action provided by Muslim organizations;
- Most of the previous activists- students were at the University for just a couple of years and then blended into society. It was just a parenthesis in their lives whereas Islamists are here to stay, and they are not in ahurry, they have very long term plans, and they know how to adjust intelligently to changes of circumstances. This is why the situation is so frightening . It is not just one more of these cyclical students upheavals
I am shocked this hasn’t generated more discussion. Thanks for this Eli Lake.
Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Creepily nostalgic almost?? And then Eli hits us with that end in which we find out all the terrorists became part of polite society, and now rub shoulders with all the people in the highest institutions of power that rule over our daily lives. Fantastic. Sigh.
I know, that’s the scariest part!
We can see where this is going. The radicals couldn't overthrow the US—and the west—by force, so they take over the educational institutions. This long path is much slower, but much surer to complete the dismantling of Western Civilization; a decent into dark ages.
Brilliant and bone chilling. Thank you, Eli Lake and The Free Press. We are in a much deeper s$$t than I thought…
“ The suspected gunman is a 14-year-old student who surrendered after being confronted by school resource officers.”
I think you meant:
… after being confronted by ARMED school resource officers.”
If the SRO was not armed the odds of the SRO actually confronting Gray slide into the tank.
If the SRO was not armed and he confronted Gray the odds of getting shot would be high.
History is important and so this was just great . There wasn't as much tie into today's university's but there is see Rufo book : America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything , he shows where these people landed in mostly university jobs and there followers in the university . Then this isn't a what if , it's a what is .
I already knew a fair bit about the weather underground it is a funny reminder of how out of touch the elitist revolutionaries were back then and still are today.
The part where it was mentioned they went into blue collar towns shouting about how the communists would win… Talk about clueless!! Blue collar guys were the ones that couldn’t dodge the draft in Vietnam by going to college. They claim to be on the side of the workers by shouting at the workers that their sacrifice in Vietnam will be for nothing. How exceptionally tone deaf and clueless.
Surprise surprise, they won nobody over.
This is hard-hitting stuff, Bari!
You really "nailed'em" with tough, tenacious journalism. You should try to get to the bottom of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire... now THAT is a relevant story. Anything to keep attention away from what is happening near a major presidential election...
I smell Pulitzer, Bari! Maybe even an Academy Award! Or Nobel Prize! Wouldn't that be amazing.
Keep going Free Press! Keep the gaslights burning...
Thank you for investigating, connecting the dots, and comparing/contrasting the 60/70's to now. Having lived through both, you did a great job.
I was intrigued by the justice dept.'s decision to not prosecute the Weather Underground because the illegal, unwarranted wiretapping made the evidence not admissible and would have exposed behavior that would erode trust.
I was surprised that you didn't connect the dots of the unwinding of the Weather Underground movement (and non-violent protest) with the resignation of President Nixon in 1974 over (ironically) the attempted bugging of the DNC headquarters in the Watergate building (which probably would have also opened a wider investigation into unwarranted wiretapping elsewhere if Nixon hadn't resigned to avoid prosecution).
Back to your comparison/contrast between the non-violent protestors of the 1960-70's and today.
Today's students who relate what they are doing to the 60-70's are mimicking without understanding the dynamics. As you say, they are protesting to justify war by Hamas, not because they personally feel threatened. In fact their actions are threatening other students -Jews and "Zionists". And, as you say the "establishment" media, university administration, and corporations today are collaborators with student protestors, not pushing back or even punishing the students whose threats become violence.
In contrast, in the spring of 1969, students were protesting for peace, not war, and universally felt threatened because Nixon escalated the war and expanded the draft. To quell the protests, the "establishment" brought in the National Guard and students were killed. https://www.kentguardvoices1970.com/the-shootings.html
From my personal observation point in Pittsburgh, the home town of one of the Kent State shooting victims, and a freshman at a HS near the Universities, the threat of going to war and the Kent State shootings triggered an increase in student non-violent protests. The violent Weather Underground exploited these protests, unlike the paid protestors today who are influencing the protestors on-line and in real life.
I observed that it was Kent State shootings and, more importantly, the resignation of President Nixon, (not the Weather Underground) that changed the hearts and minds of even conservative parents.
Incidentally, culture reflected these developments. If you listen to the music of the Beatles, pre-1968 (when the White Album was released) vs after, the "rock" becomes a lot "harder". The film "Across the Universe" is one way to experience this evolution and connection to student protests and how they became exploited by the Weather Underground.
And just as quickly, after Nixon resigned, and everyone wanted to forget, feel-good popular music emerged with Saturday Night Fever (1977). Maybe that's what the Harris/Walz "Joy" campaign is trying to re-enact or mimick - again, without understanding all the dynamics.